diff --git a/util/build-gnu.sh b/util/build-gnu.sh
index 4abcf8f48c1..65e75ad0c2a 100755
--- a/util/build-gnu.sh
+++ b/util/build-gnu.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # spell-checker:ignore (paths) abmon deref discrim eacces getlimits getopt ginstall inacc infloop inotify reflink ; (misc) INT_OFLOW OFLOW
 # spell-checker:ignore baddecode submodules xstrtol distros ; (vars/env) SRCDIR vdir rcexp xpart dired OSTYPE ; (utils) gnproc greadlink gsed multihardlink texinfo CARGOFLAGS
-# spell-checker:ignore openat TOCTOU
+# spell-checker:ignore openat TOCTOU CFLAGS
 
 set -e
 
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ else
     # Disable useless checks
     sed -i 's|check-texinfo: $(syntax_checks)|check-texinfo:|' doc/local.mk
     ./bootstrap --skip-po
-    ./configure --quiet --disable-gcc-warnings --disable-nls --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-bold-man-page-references \
+    CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -pipe -O0 -s" ./configure --quiet --disable-gcc-warnings --disable-nls --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-bold-man-page-references \
+      --enable-install-program="arch" \
       "$([ "${SELINUX_ENABLED}" = 1 ] && echo --with-selinux || echo --without-selinux)"
     #Add timeout to to protect against hangs
     sed -i 's|^"\$@|'"${SYSTEM_TIMEOUT}"' 600 "\$@|' build-aux/test-driver
@@ -237,9 +238,6 @@ sed -i "s/\$prog: invalid input/\$prog: error: invalid input/g" tests/basenc/bas
 sed -i "s/  {ERR=>\"\$prog: foobar\\\\n\" \. \$try_help }/  {ERR=>\"error: unexpected argument '--foobar' found\n\n  tip: to pass '--foobar' as a value, use '-- --foobar'\n\nUsage: basenc [OPTION]... [FILE]\n\nFor more information, try '--help'.\n\"}]/" tests/basenc/basenc.pl
 sed -i "s/  {ERR_SUBST=>\"s\/(unrecognized|unknown) option \[-' \]\*foobar\[' \]\*\/foobar\/\"}],//" tests/basenc/basenc.pl
 
-# Remove the check whether a util was built. Otherwise tests against utils like "arch" are not run.
-sed -i "s|require_built_ |# require_built_ |g" init.cfg
-
 # exit early for the selinux check. The first is enough for us.
 sed -i "s|# Independent of whether SELinux|return 0\n  #|g" init.cfg